Listen to Representative Pete Stark (D-CA) in this video. This is scary stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1-eBz8hyoE
Here are some key excerpts, plus comments, from redstate.com:
http://www.redstate.com/tabithahale/2010/08/02/rep-pete-stark-constitutional-limits-on-federal-power-totally-dont-exist/
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“I think that there are very few constitutional limits that would prevent the federal government from rules that could affect your private life. The basis for that would be how would it affect other people.”
After the questioner asks what possible constitutional limits there are, then, if Obamacare can pass constitutional muster, Stark replies: “The federal government yes, can do most anything in this country.”
The questioner, outraged: “You, sir, and people like you are destroying this nation.”
Stark, smirking: “And I guess you’re here to save it. And that makes me very uncomfortable.”
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I've discussed this before on my blog (Health Care Deform, July 13, 2010). William Dale's quote is still the most clear and concise summation of my feelings on this subject:
"Nearly every reform proposal offered to fix 'the health-care crisis' calls for increased governmental control of medicine. These proposals are the logical result of the belief that there is a 'right' to medical care. But there is no such right. Rights, properly understood, do not include an entitlement to the services of others."
- William Dale, "Free Medicine" [1994]
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